What Are You by Pop Johnson - Children's Stories Net


 
 
Children's Stories Net
 
Free  Children's  Stories  by  New,  Amateur,  and  Established  Authors
 
  Home     Submit your own Story     Contact Us  

 

Parental Control
Story Collections
 New Stories  
 
 Poems & Rhyming Stories 
 
 Longer Stories 
 
 Children's Stories 
Featured Authors
 Sheila Helliwell 
 
 Linda Farrelly 
 
 Robert Parfett 
 
 Artie Knapp 
 
Terry Fitterer
 
 Paul Ray 
 
 Dennyk 
 
 Martin Gleeson 
 
 Rajeev Bhargava 
 Author Biographies 
  What Are You
 
Reader Star Rating: Children's Story Star Rating
 
Childrens-Stories.net Terms of use: you may view online and freely print a single paper copy of the entire story page for your own personal domestic private use, individual qualified Teachers may also freely print additional paper copies for teaching purposes within their own educational establishment. Any other use is strictly prohibited without prior written consent by letter from us, please see the contact us button above.

One day in May, a strange animal swam about in a pond.
He asked every animal he met the same question.
 
"What are you?" the animal asked a frog.
 
Children's Story: by
 
"I'm a frog, of course. Why do you ask?"
"Am I a frog?" the strange animal asked.
"Well, you have webbed feet like a frog. Do you jump like a frog?"
"No, I do not jump," the strange animal answered.
 
"Then you are not a frog," said the frog.
 
So, the strange animal swam about in the pond.
He asked every animal he met the same question.
 
"What are you?" the animal asked a duck.
 
Children's Story: by
 
"I'm a duck, of course. Why do you ask?"
"Am I a duck?" the strange animal asked.
"Well, you have a long flat bill like a duck,
and you have webbed feet like a duck.
Do you quack like a duck?"
"No, I do not quack," the strange animal answered.
 
"Then you are not a duck," said the duck.
 

So, the strange animal swam about in the pond.
He asked every animal he met the same question.
 
"What are you?" the animal asked a beaver.
 
Children's Story: by
 
"I'm a beaver, of course. Why do you ask?"
"Am I a beaver?" the animal asked the beaver.
"Well, you have a wide flat tail like a beaver,
but do you have big sharp teeth to cut down a tree?"
"No, I do not have big sharp teeth," the strange animal answered.
 
"Then you are not a beaver," said the beaver.
 

So, the strange animal swam about in the pond.
He asked every animal he met the same question.
 
"What are you?" the animal asked an otter.
 
Children's Story: by
 
"I'm an otter, of course. Why do you ask?"
"Am I an otter?" the strange animal asked.
"Well, you have a slick furry coat like an otter,
but do you have a long tail to help you swim under water?"
"No, I do not have a long tail," the strange animal answered.
 
"Then you are not an otter," said the otter.
 

Finally, the strange animal stopped swimming about
and thought to himself:
 
I am not a frog, but I have webbed feet.
I am not a duck, but I have a long flat bill.
I am not a beaver, but I have a wide flat tail.
I am not an otter, but I have a slick furry coat.
What kind of animal am I?
 
Children's Story: by
 
"Why, you're a platypus, of course.
Why do you ask?"
 
The End
 


 
 
If you enjoyed this story, there are many more in our collection, to register please   Click Here    to register for more stories.   Click Here    to Register for more Free Stories.
 
 
Story Rating   Five Star Children's Story Rating System
 
If you've already registered please rate this story below from your own point of view. Click one of the radio buttons next to a star below and then enter your registered email address. You can only rate each story once.
Children's Story Rating System: GREY - Not Yet Rated Not Yet Rated
Children's Story Rating System: BLUE - You consider the story is OK You consider the story is OK
Children's Story Rating System: RED - You think the story is Good You think the story is Good
Children's Story Rating System: GREEN - You would Recommend the story You would Recommend the story
Children's Story Rating System: GOLD - The story is Outstanding The story is Outstanding
 
Children's Story Rating System - User Email      Enter your Registered Email eg: [email protected]
 
  click button to rate story
Story star ratings shown (2 to 5 stars) are the average of all rating scores to date, these may not update immediately subject to browser and local cache settings, in some cases it may take a few hours.
 
 
Thanks for your interest and happy reading.

 
 

 

Hosted by Childrens-Stories.net ©. Managed by Childrens-Stories